Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) strips, configured or adapted for the residue-free and non-destructive removal by which by substantially expanding it in the plane of adhesion, are provided. The PSA strips comprise at least one adhesive compound layer consisting of a PSA compound, constituted by vinyl aromatic block copolymers and one or more adhesive resins, at least 75 wt.-% (relative to the total amount of resin) of a resin being selected that has a DACP (diacetone alcohol cloud point) of greater than 20 C., and a softening point (ring & ball) of greater than or equal to 70 C., and the PSA compound has being foamed.

Provided are an assembly and process for the continuous or semi-continuous preparation of addition-crosslinking liquid silicone rubbers and to liquid silicone rubber compositions made therefrom. Also disclosed are articles made from the liquid silicone rubber compositions.

Methods of making thermoplastic vulcanizate are provided, including the steps of (a) extruding an elastomeric component and a thermoplastic polymer component to form a dynamically vulcanized melt; (b) passing the dynamically vulcanized melt into a vessel, comprising two intermeshing, counter-rotating twin screws, to produce a uniform dynamically vulcanized melt; and (c) filtering the uniform dynamically vulcanized melt and recovering a thermoplastic vulcanizate.

[Problem] To provide a agitation/defoaming method and device with which both of uniformity in dispersion of object to be processed and reduction of air bubbles can be achieved with high precision. [Solution] Provided is a agitation/defoaming method for producing orbital and spin motions of a container containing object to be processed by a device provided with orbital and spin drive motors that can independently control the velocities of the orbital and spin motions. Both defoaming and agitating treatments with high precision can be achieved by respectively performing a reverse rotation superimposition processing, wherein the rotational frequency of the spin drive motor is obtained by superimposing the first rotational frequency in a direction opposite to the direction of the orbital motion on the frequency of the orbital motion, and a same rotation superimposition processing, wherein the rotational frequency of the spin drive motor is obtained by superimposing the second rotational frequency in the same direction as the direction of the orbital motion on the frequency of the orbital motion, at least once.

An installation and a method for treating a plastic melt includes a reactor that has a reactor housing consisting of first and second reactor housing parts, a mixing element being arranged in the second reactor housing part and mounted thereupon so as to rotate about a rotational axis. The reactor, together with a discharge device and with at least one weighing device connected between these, is supported on a contact area.

A method for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound by means of an extruder (10), which comprises at least one feed zone (20), at least one mixing section (30), at least one venting section (40) and at least one discharge zone (50), wherein in the at least one feed zone (20) a water-containing first component and a second component are supplied, in the at least one mixing section (30) the thermoplastic moulding compound is mixed and contained water is evaporated, in the at least one venting section (40) water vapour is removed from the moulding compound and in the at least one discharge zone (50) the moulding compound is discharged. At least one of the mixing housings (31, 32) is kept at a temperature that is equal to or lower than the temperature of the moulding compound within the mixing section (30).

According to the present invention, devolatilization of a synthetic resin formed from a polymer or synthetic rubber can be improved and the synthetic resin can be foamed at a low temperature by injecting a devolatilization agent through a devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided in a downstream end segment cylinder of a cylinder assembly. In a vented twin-screw kneading extrusion apparatus and extrusion method according to the present invention, a devolatilization agent, which is injected through a downstream end devolatilization agent injection nozzle provided on a downstream end segment cylinder constituted by a segment cylinder positioned on a downstream end of a cylinder assembly, is dispersed in molten resin in the downstream end segment cylinder and kneaded by a downstream end kneading portion such that the molten resin is foamed by the devolatilization agent and then extruded.

A tableted epoxy resin composition for encapsulation of semiconductor devices and a semiconductor device encapsulated using the tableted epoxy resin composition, the tableted epoxy resin composition satisfying the following conditions (i) a proportion of tablets of the tableted epoxy resin composition having a diameter of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than 2.8 mm and a height of greater than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than 2.8 mm is about 97 wt % or more, as measured by sieve analysis using ASTM standard sieves; (ii) the tablets have a packed density of greater than about 1.7 g/mL; and (iii) a ratio of packed density to cured density of the tablets is about 0.6 to about 0.87.

Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising an ethylene-based polymer, an organic peroxide, and an amine-functionalized interpolymer. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions and their crosslinked forms can be employed as polymeric layers in wire and cable applications, such as insulation in power cables.

The invention concerns a method for preparing an adhesive composition using an extruder having at least two rotating screws, successively comprising: feeding a plasticizer into the extruder; degassing the plasticizer in the extruder; feeding a silylated prepolymer and mixing the latter with the plasticizer in the extruder; and discharging the mixture from the extruder.